Sources close to the family of the kidnapped
human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome,
have said that the legal luminary has not been
released by his abductors due to the family’s
inability to pay the ransom demanded by the
kidnappers.
Our correspondent learnt that the kidnappers
insisted on collecting N100m before they
could release the legal luminary.
It was gathered that the kidnappers rejected
the money offered to them by Ozekhome’s
family, claiming that he had the capability to
pay the required ransom.
A family source, who pleaded anonymity
reportedly said, “They [the kidnappers] were
saying that the lawyer is a very rich man, and
N100m should be a ‘chicken change’ to him.
They said they were aware that he made so
much money from election tribunals’
litigation.”
Meanwhile, the kidnapped All Progressive
Congress chief in Edo North, Mr. Athanasius
Ugbome, who was kidnapped alongside
Ozekhome, was on Sunday set free by the
abductors.
His family allegedly paid N10.4m to facilitate
his release.
The duo were kidnapped along the Benin-
Auchi Road on August 23, before Ugbome
regained freedom around 1am at an
undisclosed place on Sunday.
Culled from PUNCH news
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